unregenerate

adjective

Definition of unregeneratenext
1
as in incorrigible

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2
as in unrighteous

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Recent Examples of unregenerate This shift won’t only make unregenerate oil producers richer. — Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 18 Oct. 2021 One stalks about the room like a criminal imprisoned, unregenerate, incorrigible. — Patricia Highsmith, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2021 An actress, artist and, in an earlier life, unregenerate gadabout, Ms. Subkoff seemed intent on presenting the world with a shiny, self-assured and elegantly gift-wrapped version of herself. — New York Times, 14 Nov. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unregenerate
  1. incorrigible
  2. unrighteous
  3. chronic
  4. evil
  5. inveterate
  6. immoral
  7. habitual
  8. reprobate
Adjective
  • Even from beyond the grave, that man proves to be incorrigible in his audacity.
    — Ayan Artan, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Bridget’s old on-again, off-again boss/beau Daniel Cleaver (played by the gloriously incorrigible Hugh Grant) drifts in and out of the story.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
Definition of incorrigible
Adjective
  • Spears writes of these unrighteous men matter-of-factly, avoiding the ad hominem attack, except for an occasional delicious arrow, including a recollection of the eternally white Timberlake meeting one of his rap heroes.
    — Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 24 Oct. 2023
  • He’s gone through buzzard-hot streaks and some slumps, at times taking wholly unrighteous shots, and none of that matters to the shooting guard.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Apr. 2021
Definition of unrighteous
Adjective
  • Environments where failure is punished and stress is glorified can lead to chronic depletion.
    — Erin Stafford, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Your cold is exacerbating another chronic medical condition.
    — Rachael Zimlich, BSN, RN, Verywell Health, 26 Mar. 2025
Definition of chronic
Adjective
  • Ben Stiller even makes a brief cameo as the evil nursing home orderly, Hal.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2025
  • The series about six Canadian superheroes saving the world from giant evil robots has an all-Canadian cast that includes Cobie Smulders voicing the role of Niagara Falls, Kevin McDonald as the Canadian prime minister and Charles Demers as Poutine, a French Canadian crime fighter.
    — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of evil
Adjective
  • An inveterate bus rider of the old No. 6, Eldridge believed in public transportation.
    — Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Even diplomats of Iran and North Korea, two of America’s most inveterate foes, can reside in New York city as a result of this unique host status of our country.
    — Saleem H. Ali, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of inveterate
Adjective
  • Trump’s contrived veneer is being ripped away to reveal an immoral, mendacious, transactional opportunist, without a shred of loyalty to anyone or anything but himself.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Before these studies, the cause of TB was presumed to be primarily constitutional, by either an inherent predisposition or from unhealthy or immoral lifestyles.
    — Karen Dobos, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2025
Definition of immoral
Adjective
  • New flexible behaviors must become habitual for leaders.
    — Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
  • As a habitual offender with at least four prior convictions, Reed faced 10 years to life on the charges.
    — John Lynch, arkansasonline.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of habitual
Adjective
  • Logan has just told Frank that, after 35 years of service, he’s being pushed into a secondary role, in part because Logan is considering which of his reprobate children will be taking over his corporate empire.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2023
  • To many of them, killing someone with such a reprobate mind was justifiable by God’s laws.
    — Time, Time, 7 Nov. 2022
Definition of reprobate

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